Italy’s Carla Forcellini raises world indoor record in W50 vault
Carla vaults outdoors as well.
(Photo by Claudio Petrucci)
Carla Forcellini jumped 3.20 (10-6) in the pole vault last week to beat the listed WMA world indoor record of 3.11 (10-2 1/2) by American Donna Schultz in 2008, reports the Italian track site Web-atletica. She opened at 2.80 and made 3.10 on her third try before the record clearance on her first try at the Italian open nationals January 23 in Ancona. Carla, born in 1959, took eighth. But the winner was born in 1987. (Results are here.) Carla also holds the W40 world indoor record of 3.60 (11-9 3/4), set in 2004. She also shares the W45 world outdoor record of 3.50 (11-5 3/4), set in Rome in 2005. Carla started out as a high jumper and morphed into a long jumper before settling on her vault specialty, according to this site. Her bests over the years: 2,80 – 1996 (37) 3,20 – 1997 (38) 3,30 – 1998 (39) 3,50 – 1999 (40) 3,60 – 2000 (41) 3,40 – 2001 (42) n.m. – 2002 (43) 3,20 – 2003 (44) 3,40 – 2004 (45) 3,60 – 2005 (46) 3,50 – 2006 (47) 3,20 – 2007 (48) 3,40 – 2008 (49) 3,30 – 2009 (49) 3,40 – 2010 (51) 3,20.
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What a stud!
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